pgray1229 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Tonight I made my Chocolate Drizzle candle. I melted it too 185 and added in the color and fragrance, took it off the heat, stirred it for two minutes and let it set until 125, then I stirred a bit more and then poured. It's completely cool and I see little crystal type designs in my wax... What does that mean??Patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 What kind of wax are you using? Do you have a photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgray1229 Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Ecosoya CB 135 and no, I have to get one taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebrownbug Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Yeah.... what Stella said.... could be very interesting! What color is it?Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jharper Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Did you add any additives? That happen to me when I added the uv stabilizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountrysideFlair Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 I have seen that on occassion. When it has happened, I have always been messing with uv stabilizers... not sure why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffancy Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Without seeing the "crystals" it's hard to say for sure what it might be but it sure sounds like frosting. You'll notice the frosting more in your darker colored candles (can happen with ANY color though) and you can sometimes minimize the amount of frosting by lowering your pour temp. The frosting doesn't affect the candle at all except for appearance. The only way to really completely eliminate the visible frosting is to do dye free candles.You will learn to embrace or pull your hair out all of the little quirks that soy wax has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgray1229 Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I didn't add any additives, but I did notice like a grainy substance in my FO. Maybe that is what happened? I'm doing another kind of candle today, so we will see if that crystallizes too. Thanks to all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vio Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 What is the FO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgray1229 Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Chocolate Drizzle from Wholesale Supplies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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